Author visit: Erkka Mikkonen (in Finnish)

Kuvassa on Ylen toimittaja ja kirjailija Erkka Mikkonen, sekä Espoon kaupungin sateenkaari grafiikkaa — Photo: Otto Virtanen

Time

Mon 1.6.2026 EET/EEST18.00–19.00 EET/EEST

Location

Espoonlahdenkatu 8, 02320 Espoo

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Salonki

Languages

Finnish

Price

Free entry

Organizer

Elinvoima

Welcome to listen to Erkka Mikkonen's author visit on Monday 1.6. from 6pm onwards. In the Author visit Mikkonen talks about his new book Homona Putinin Venäjällä (being gay in Putins Russia). The event is in finnish.

Picture by: Otto Virtanen

This year, the City of Espoo is once again Helsinki Pride’s Working with Pride partnerRead more about the Pride Month programme at Espoo’s cultural venues and across the city City of Espoo x Helsinki Pride | City of Espoo

The route to the main entrance

The 10 accessible parking spaces are located in a parking hall over 10 m from the entrance. The width of the parking spaces is at least 3.6 m.
The parking hall has a lift, which can hold a wheelchair; the door opens automatically. The floor numbers in the lift can be felt with fingers. The button for the exit floor stands out from the other buttons. (The minimum dimensions for an accessible lift are width 1.1 m and depth 1.4 m.)
The pick-up and drop-off area is located in the vicinity of the entrance, giving easy access to the pavement.
The route to the entrance is guided, smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated and it uses movement-guiding surface material.

The main entrance

The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated.
The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly and the glass doors have contrast markings. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door opens automatically with a motion sensor.

The entrance "Merikarhunkuja 5"

The route to the entrance is smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated and it uses movement-guiding surface material.
There is a steep slope on the passage.
The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated.
The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly and the glass doors have contrast markings. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door opens automatically with an opening button.
The entrance has thresholds over 2 cm high.
The customer service point is on the same floor as this entrance.
The staff opens the toilet.

In the facility